Voting-machine.



J. MGTAMMANY. VOTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILE-D SEPT; 28, 1898.

Patented May 31, 1910.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN MCTAMMANY, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

VOTING-MACHINE.

T o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jol-1N MCTAMMANY, of orcester, in the county ofTorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvement-s in Voting-Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has relation generally to voting machines of the classwherein the votes are registered, and it has for its object to provide amachine of this class possessing a minimum number of parts, and arrangedto meet the requirements of any particular State or precinct. Besidesthe simplification of the machine, this machine also has for its objectto provide against the fraudulent use thereof, and also to provide forits being quickly adapted for the voters having a limited suffrage.

To these ends, the invention consists of a voting machine of thecharacter specified, possessing certain features of construction andrelative arrangement of parts, all as I have illustrated upon thedrawings, and shall now proceed to describe in detail, and then pointout in the claims hereunto appended.

Of the drawings Figure 1 represents a front elevation of the machine.Fig. 2 represents a partial vertical section therethrough. Fig. 3represents a view partially in section, of the upper portion of themachine, showing the means for fastening the casing inclosing themechanism in the booth. Fig. 4t represents an enlarged vertical sectionthrough the casing of Aa voting mechanism, Fig. 5 represents ahorizontal section through the machine on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6represents a partial vertical section. through the machine on the lineG-G 'of Fig. 5, looking in the direction of the arrow. Figs. 7 and 8represent the index for indicating the number of votes. Figs. 9 and 10represent the rotary screw shaft which registers the votes, and whichare actuated by the actuators. In these two figures the means forrotating the shaft are illustrated in different positions. Fig. 11represents a section in the line 11-11 of Fig. 9. Figs. 12 and 13represent the means for limiting the numberof actuators to be operatedby a voter, in case there are provisions for limited suffrage. Figs. 14to 16, inclusive, illustrate the device for registering the total numberof voters.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 28, 1898.

Patented May 31, 1910.

serial No. 692,068.

Referring to the drawing, which shows one embodiment of the invention,which I have selected for the purpose of illustration, it will be seenthat the booth is of the ordinary construction, except that it isprovided with the angle brackets a a, a a', between which the casing a2is placed, said casing containing the voting mechanism, and beingdetachable from the booth. Across the front portion of the booth is ashelf c3, upon which the casing is adapted to rest, and which isprovided with holes to receive pins or dowels at projecting from thebottom of the casing. To place the casing in the booth, the latter islaid upon its face, and the casing is inserted between the bracketsuntil it rests upon suitable stops or lugs a5 indicated by dotted linesin Fig. 8. Then the screw a6' which projects through the upper end ofthe booth, and which is threaded through a bracket a7 in the interior ofthe booth is turned, forcing the dowels a"t into the holes prepared toreceive them. The end of the screw is conical, and non-threaded, and eX-tends into a socket in the top of the casing, so that when the booth islifted in upright position the casing is locked firmly in place.

Above the floor of the booth is a platform o hinged at its front edge tothe upright sill b, and held in its normal raised position by the springb2 arranged under its rear edge. This platform is connected by a pin andsocket connection with a lever b3 fulcrumed in ears or lugs projectingupwardly from the floor of the booth, and it is from this lever thatmotion is communicated to some of the part-s of the apparatus, as willbe afterward explained.

Now, referring again to the casing, it will be seen that at its rear, itis provided with two doors c c hinged at their outer edges, and adaptedto be locked in a closed position by any suitable means, as forinstance, a padlock c. The front of the casing is formed with anotherhinged door or false front o2, normally locked, by any suitable means.This door is provided with a series of apertures to receive theactuators d which are arranged in vertical and horizontal rows, as shownin Fig. 1, and are as numerous as the case requires. The actuatorsrepresenting the candidates for the dierent oiiices may be arrangedeither in a vertical row, or in a horizontal row, that being immaterial,so far as the present invention is concerned, the drawings showing themas being in vertical rows. Beside each vertical row ot actuators isplaced a strip or ballot containing the names et the candidates, andcovered by a narrow pane of glass c, as shown in 5. The actuators cl areloosely inserted in the apertures of the door, and may be removed withgreat facility in case they bind, or are not easily operated by thevoter.

Each actuator consists ot a cylindrical but-ton having a head. on itsinner end where by it cannot be drawn through the casing trom theliront, and they are all. disconnected from the registers or votetabulating devices, whereby when the door is swung open, they arereadily accessible and can be removed or replaced by others.

lWithin the casing are placed a number of frames (see Figs. and 5) eachframe being` complete in itselt and consist-ing` oit a front bar e, rearbar c and suitable connecting top and bottom bars as shown in Fig. it.These trames may be independently removed from the casing, and slide inguides c2 c3.

.in each frame are mounted a. series of registers corresponding to thevertical row of actuators. Each register consists ot a horizontallyarranged reciprocatory member or slide bar mounted in the vertical barsc c of its trame, and adapted to have a limited longitudinal movementtherethrough in a rectilinear path coincident with that ot the actuator.The front end of each bar abuts loosely against the rear end ot theactuator cl, which latter is provided with a head on its said rear endas previously described, to prevent a thin blade or a fine wire frombeing passed through the casing so as to obstruct the operation of themechanism therein contained.

l'etween the parts c c oli each trame, each slide is provided with arotaitory member or sleeve f', which at points between its ends isscrew-threaded, as at The ends oli each sleeve are enlarged, and theyare provided with wedge-shaped radial notches ending in parallel-sidedgrooves forming teeth f", cach ot which is wedgeshaped. or pointed atthe end, and has straight sides. as shown in Figs. 9 and 10. The teethon the ends y ft are so arranged in relation to each other, that thepoint of a tooth in one is slightly in advance ot the groove at the baseof a notch in the other. The ends /t't are secured upon the sleeve alittle back `trom the extremities thereot by screws f", so that they maybe adjusted thereon. he slide. which passes through the sleeve as shownby dotted lines in ll1 9, provided with two vlingers f f7 pointed towardeach other and lying` parallel to the body of the slide a shortdist-ance thcretii'om. These lingers are preferably bent so as toproject through apertures in the slides, and be engaged by small setscrews f passed into the latter, and they also extend through aperturesin the vertical bars c e, whereby they are guided and held againstrot-ation.

Now, it will be seen that when one ot the slides is pushed toward therear, the linger will engage one ol" the teeth on the sleeve, and imparthalt' a step to the latter, and that when the slide is moved forward,the linger f7 will engage one ol the teeth on the opposite end olf thesleeve and con'iplete the torward step oit the latter. in this way, lobtain a rotatory motion o't the sleeve lron'l the reciprocatory motionolf the slide. As shown in Figs. el, 5, S) and 10, the ends ot thesleeves abut against the bars c c olf the trames and are held therebylirom reciprocating with the slides may provide any number ot teeth uponthe sleeve or rotary member to be engaged by the lingers ot thereciprocatory slide or member but l prelfer the `number 10. (')n thethreaded portion ot the rotary member is a split nut {,l, two parts y g2et which are held together by screws y and springs y", as shown in Fig.7. The halt y ol the nut is provided with internal threads. while theportion g2 thereof vis smoothv` and there is a knob f/i' on the part yto witlulraw it trom engagement with the threads on the sleeve so as toslide the nut longitudinally thereon back to its .Zero point. A lug g onthe part g2 ot the nut projects into a slot g" between two graduatedscale plates f/S y secured to the parts c c. Consequently', as therotary member is rotated, the split nut is 'ted longitudinally thereoli,and the index or linger ,Vf/9 which is secured to the lug y indicatesupon the scale plate the number ot times the push pieces correspondingto the slide which actuates that rol ary member has been thrust inwardby a voter. The threads are so cut upon the rotary member that the splitnut is advanced a distance equal to one thread for each rotation ot therotary member, and upon the scale plate the scale is correspondinglyarrangml vtrom Zero to 500, or to any maximum number that may bedesired.

l have stated that the slide or rcciprocatory member is moved in onedirection by an actuator. l will now describe the resetting' mechanism,or the means t'or thrusting` it in the opposite direction, or returningit in the position for the purpose ot conrpleting the rotation ot' therotary member. rEhe said means comprises a movable plate /z/ arrangedvertically in the rear o't the casing, behind the ends ol all ot theslides. lt is connected by 'forwardly projecting arms /1/ with thevertical arms e? ot bell cranks pivoted in the casing, and having theirhorizontal arms 721 connected by linlts /lt with a cross-bar /i belowthe bottom ot the casing, the said arms It* projecting through the saidcasing. (See Fig. el in connection with Fig. 5). This cross bar isconnected by a link 71, to the end of the lever b3 before described, sothat when the voter steps from the platform and the latter rises underthe influence of the spring b2, which by the way is powerful and strong,the movable plate L is thrust forward and engaging the slides returnsthem and the actuators to normal position, and completes the rotation ofthe rotary members which have been partially turned. The plate 7L isprovided with a series of ribs 11,8 to strengthen it, and prevent itsbending or warping under pressure. By the mechanism which l have thusfar described, it will be seen that l have provided an extremely simpleregistering mechanism, and one containing the smallest possible numberof parts. The mechanism is operated positively, and there is no dangerof any accident preventing` the registering of a vote. To determine thenumber of votes cast for any given number of candidates, the framecontaining the rotary member corresponding to the push pieces oppositewhich the name of the candidate appears is removed, and the number ofvotes castis determined by glancing at the index finger and noting itsposition relatively to the scale. It is evident that as the index lingeris advanced one step for each ten rotations, the number of rotationsbetween l and 10 must be also determined, and this is done by placingnumerals upon one of the ends ft, as shown in Figs. 9 and 10, andforming a' hole in the scale plates so that the numeral may registertherewith at each rotation of the rotary member.

The registering mechanisms constitute vote-tabulating mechanisms in thatthey serve to indicate the choice of the voter by causing that choice tobe noted on or by vote receivers.

In order to prevent the votes being cast for more than a predeterminednumber of candidates out of a possible whole, as in the case where onecandidate out of five or six out of nine is to be voted for, I providethe following devices In front of each of the frames or sectionscontaining a series of registers is placed a shaft its ends beingjournaled in arms extending forwardly from the frame, and upon thisshaft are mounted a series of ratchet wheels 2, one for each actuator,as shown in Fig. 4t. Each slide f is formed with a dog or pawl 3 toengage a ratchet wheel, and rotate the shaft one step when the actuatoris thrust inward, each pawl being normally disengaged from the ratchetwheel to permit it to rotate when actuated. On the lower end of theshaft is mounted a, disk or wheel 4 having a series of sockets, each ofwhich is adapted to receive a radial screw or pin 5, and mounted in therear of the disk and secured to the bar e is a stop adapted to engagethe stop or screw on the disk. 1f but one candidate is to be voted for,then the pin is arranged in one of the holes so that it will engage thestop after being moved once, or if siX candidates out of nine are to bevoted for, the pin will be placed in the sixth hole, and will not engagethe stop until six candidates have been voted for.- As soon, however, asthe pin does eugage the stop, it prevents a further rotation of theshaft, consequently the remainder of the actuators in that row arelocked. ln case there are not ten candidates for any one oflice, thenthe shaft may be divided and each part thereof may be provided with adisk to engage a separate stop, as will be readily understood. Below thedisk f1 there is a ratchet wheel VT with which a pawl S mounted upon ahorizontal slide bar 9 is engaged to prevent a reverse motion of theshaft and at the upper end of the shaft there is a spring 10, one end ofwhich is attached to the arm and the other end of which is attached tothe hub of the top ratchet wheel 2. Consequently, as the actuators inthat row are thrust inward, and the shaft is rotated, the spring iswound u p, being prevented from unwinding and returning the shaft tonormal position by the pawl and ratchet wheel s and 7. The slide bar 9is connected at one end to a bellcrank fulcrumed at y" and having one ofits arms connected by a link 7'2 with the rear movable plate h. Theslide 9 carries all of the pawls and it is provided with a stop 11adjacent each pawl so that when the voter steps on the platform, and themovable plate L is forced forward to return the pushpieces to normalposition, it swings the bell crank lever y' around its center of motion,and moves the slide 9 longitudinally to disengage the pawls B andratchets 7 whereupon the springs l0 immediately return the shafts tonormal position, said springs performing the oflice of automaticresetters or resetting devices.

I desire to emphasize the fact that each of the removable frames iscomplete in itself. That is to say, each frame is provided with ayplurality of vote tabulating devices, c., the slidcs,) and votereceivers c.. the registers,) and each is likewise provided withinterlocking or grouping devices, so that when a frame is removed all ofthose parts are removed with it. The removal of the frame does notaffect the actuators, and they may be taken out, or secured againstmovement in any desirable way, in case tht` number of political parties,or candidates for a particular party are less than those indicated. Theslide for the interlocking or grouping devices is used in common for allof them, and so is the resetting plate, for the vote tabulating devicesand the actuators, but they require no change when the frames arediminished in number.

Yin addition to these features, the machine lis provided with anotherone, whereby it may be used in places where there is limited sutlragefor a certain class of persons, as for instance, where women aie allowedto vote for school and certain other ol'lices. it movable plate Zu ismounted in the casing in front of the parts c and it is connected by alink Z0 with a handle Zu projecting through. the side of the booth. rlheplate is apertured to permit of the passage therethrough of the slidesjf', the apertures being elongated in the direction of the movement ofthe plate. l5eside each aperture there is hung a latch 13, which may beswung into position shown at 20-2() in Figs. l2 and 13, so that when theplate is moved the end of the latch passes behind the inner end of theactuator Z and so prevents said actuator from moving the slide f behindit. As stated, th-e latches hang downward normally, but they aresustained in their operative positions by the pins /Jl upon which theyrest.

Vltor the purpose of registering the total number of voters who havecast their votes upon the machine, the link la is connected with aregister shown conventionally at Z in Fig. 2, whereby when each votersteps upon the platform, his number is registered thereby.

Referringto Figs. lele to 1G, inclusive, l have shown one form ofregister that l may employ. lt consists of suitable numeral wheelsreceiving their initial power from a ratchet Z, mounted on a shaft Z`which is journaled in brackets Z3 depending from the casing. The linkZLG has a slotted yoke ZJe carrying a pawl to engage the ratchet Z5 sothat when a voter steps from the platform and the link t rises, the pawlcauses the ratchet to ad *ance one step. There is a Vany pawl at Zcarried by the bracket, to prevent reverse movement of the ratchet.

A machin-e constructed in accordance with the foregoing descriptionpossesses many advantages, as will be apparent to those familar withvoting machines.

Primarily, the voting mechanism per sc, is positively actuated. That is,the votetabulator is pressed inward, in a straight line by the actuatorwhich directly engages it, so that the pressure of the voters hand istransmitted rect-ilinearly thereto, and not through the medium of cams,bell cranks, springs and the like; and the said tabulator is positivelyengaged and reset by the resetting' plate. lt is true that the settingplate receives its power from a spring, but th-e latter. indicated atb2, is very powerful, being compressed by not than the weight of thevoter, so that when the voter steps from the platform, the actuator andthe tabulator are returned by a force or pressure which is przcticallyas great as the voter could exert against any actuator. And in fact,when the platform is undepressed, the actuators are locked by the plateand c. nnot be forced inward.

another feature of the machine is the vote-tabulating and vote-receivingmechanism, for l dispense with the employment of numbering wheels, andother complicated parts, and depend upon a screw-bar, a nut, and a scaleplate, which are strong, durable and reliable. ln this way, l make t-hemachine accurate, and greatly reduce the number of parts, besidessimplifying them.

l regard my imi roved obstriwting devices r the actuators, asparticularly desirable r machines of all types and kinds. rllhe te isanertured to receive all of the actuators and permit their passagetherethrough, nd by the side of -ach aperture is a latch, so that anyperson before the election, such as an electionsl` ofiicer, can quickly,even if he be ignorant, arrange the latches in position to engage thoseactuators which the voters having a` limited suffrage are not toactuate, when such a voter approaches the machine, by moving the platetransversely oit the direction of the paths of movement of theactuators. Consequently similar machines can be used in States havingdifferent voting and suffrage laws, without altering any of the parts.

Still another advantageous feature of the machine .is the grouping erinterlocking mechanism, and the means under the control of the platform,by which it is reset when the voter leaves the machine. rlhe resettingdevices are springs niounted on the shafts, but as the springs areprevented from unwinding` by the pawls and ratchets, the moving of thesliding bar b v the stepping' oit the voter from the platform isnecessary to dis engage the pawls from the ratchets. By this simplearrangenient, the machine i." adapted for use in cities and towns wherea predetermined part of a whole number of candidates,-as selectnien,aldermen, etc.,can be voted for, and any groups selected.

Having thus explained the nature of the invention, and described a wayof constructing and using the same, though without attempting to setforth all of the forms in which it may be made, or all of the modes ofits use, l declare that what l claim is:-

l. A voting machine consisting' of a, casing having a flat removablefront wall, voting lists on the face of said front wall vote-tabulatingmechanism supported by said casing, and arranged in the rear of saidfront wall, and a series of actuators carried and supported entirely bythe front wall and having their rear ends disconnected from but inoperative relation to the votetabulating mechanism, said elements beingllt) isfrarranged and combined whereby the front wall may be removedcarrying with it the actuators, without affecting or disturbing t-hevote tabulating mechanism or any part thereof.

2. A voting machine consisting of a casing, vote-tabulating mechanismsupported by said casing, a flat removable front wall detachablyconnected to said casing and carrying a voting list, a plurality ofactuators supported entirely by said front wall, said actuators havingtheir inner ends in operative relation to but disconnected from thevote-tabulating mechanism, when the said front wall is in operativeposition, said parts being arranged and combined whereby the front wallmay be removed without affecting or dismantling any portion of thevotetabulating mechanism.

3. A voting machine having a casing inclosing vote tabulating mechanism,and having a flat removable or detachable front wall, and a plurality ofactuators, carried by said wall inserted from the casing, outwardthrough said wall, said actuators being provided with heads on theirinner ends only and being disconnected from the tabulating mechanism.

et. A voting machine comprising a casing having a hinged flat front wallcarrying a plurality of actuators with heads or iianges bearing againstthe inner face of said wall, hinges connecting said front wall to saidcasing and vote-tabulating mechanism in said casing, in operativerelation to but disconnected from said actuators.

5. A voting machine having a series of actuators, a vote-tabulatingmechanism comprising a series of rotary members, a series ofreciprocatory members coincident with the axes of said rotary membersfor imparting movement to the rotary members, and reciprocatory membersbeing in alinement with said actuators and moved rectilinearly in onedirection by the actuators, and means for positively moving thereciprocatory members in the opposite direction.

6. A voting machine comprising a series of actuators, a series of slidesin alinement with and moved in a straight line by said actuators in onedirection, a series of registers each having a rotary membercomplemental to and axially coincident with one of the slides anddirectly actuated thereby, and means independent of the actuators forpositively moving the slides in the opposite direction, to reset theactuators.

7. A voting machine comprising a series of actuators, a series of slidesmoved by said actuators in one direction but disconnected therefrom, aseries of registers each having a rotary cylindrical member complementalto one of the slides and actuated thereby, said slides each havingoppositely projecting fingers, and said members each having oppositelyprojecting teeth on its ends engaged by said fingers, whereby thereciprocatory movement of the slide is transformed to a rotary movementof said member, and means independent of the actuators for resettingsaid slides.

8. A voting machine comprising a series of actuators, a series of votetabulating devices each having a rotary member whose axis is parallel toand coincident with the lines of movement of the actuators and actuatedpartially by an actuator and voter-controlled means for imparting afurther motion to 'the rotary members and resetting the actuators.

9. A vot-ing machine comprising a series of actuators, a series of votetabulating devices each having a rotary member actuated partially by anactuator, and having its axis parallel to the paths of movement of saidactuators, and a platform on which the voter stands to vote forimparting a further motion to the rotary members.

10. A voting machine comprising a series of actuators, a series of votetabulating devices each having a rotary member whose axis is parallel tothe paths of movement of the actuators, said member being actuatedpartially by an actuator, and means including a platform for positivelyreturning the actuators to normal position and imparting a furthermotion to the rotary members.

11. A voting machine comprising an actuator and vote-tabulatingmechanism, including a vote receiver or rotatory member,

and a vote tabulator or reciprocatory member, said reciprocatoryl memberpassing through said rotatory member and being guided thereby.

12. A voting machine comprising an actuator, a rotatory screw bararranged longitudinally of said actuator, a nut sliding on said bar forindicating the rotations thereof, said screw-bar receiving a step-bysteprotation from the impulses of said actuator and means for positivelyresetting said actuator.

13. A voting machine comprising an actuator, a screw bar, a nut thereonhaving an index, a scale plate, and a member interposed between theactuator and the screw bar for imparting a partial movement to thelatter, and means for positively resetting the actuator and completingthe movement of the screw bar.

14. A voting machine comprising an actuator, a graduated scale, atraveling index for indicating on said scale the impulses imparted tosaid actuator, and operative connections between said index and saidactuator, including a member moved in one direction by the actuator, andmeans for positively resetting the actuator and moving said member inthe other direction.

15. A voting machine comprising an actuator, a stationary graduatedscale, an index the Whole are actuated singly in succession,

movable along said scale, step-by-step mechanism operated in part bysaid actuator tor moving said index and positive resetting` mechanismfor completing the operation ot the actuators.

1G. A voting machine comprising a plurality ot' independently removabletrames. a plurality of graduated scales on each of said trames, atraveling index in each t ame to cooperate with each scale, a pluralityot actuators, and operative mechanism carried by each ot said trames forimparting the inlpulses of the actuators to the indexes.

17. A voting machine comprising a plurality of actuators, andobstructing devices -t'or rendering any predetermined number otactuators inoperative prior to a ballot being cast, said devicesincluding a support, a plurality oit independently movable stops on saidsupport, one for each actuator, and means for moving said support tocarry the stops into operative position.

18. A voting machine comprising a plurality of actuators7 andobstructing` devices for rendering any predetermined number of actuatorsinoperative prior to a ballot being cast, said devices including asupport, a plurality of independently movable stops on said support, onefor each actuator, means on said supports one for each stop for holdingany one or more ot' said stops in operative position, and means formoving said support.

19. A voting machine comprising a plurality of actuators, andobstructing devices for rendering any predetermined number ot actuatorsinoperative prior to a ballot being cast, said devices including aplate, a plurality of latches on said plate to engage any predeterminednumber of said actuators, a pin on the plate to receive each latch tohold it in operative position, and means for moving said plate.

20. ln a voting machine a row oitl actuators representing all thecandidates for one otlice, vote-tabulating mechanism and means forlocking the remainder ot the actuators against movement when anypredetermined .number oit' actuators less than the whole are actuatedsingly and in succession, said meansl including a stationary stop, arockshait carrying a stop and extending along the row ot actuators, aseparate ratchet on said rock-shaft t'or each actmitor, and a separatedevice tor operating each actuator tor engaging' its ratchet to impart astephy-step movement to the rock-shaft.

2l. ln a voting machine, a row of actuators representing all of thecandidates for one oilice,` vote tabulating mechanism, and means forlocking the remainder ot the actuators against movement when anypredetermined number otl actuators less than said means including ashatt, a separate ratchet on said sha'tt actuated by each olf theactuators, a stop on said shaft, a spring` for resetting said shatt, adetent :tor said shaft, a stationary stop, and a plat'torm torrt-ileasing the shat't trom its detent and permitting the spring toreset it.

ln a voting' machine, a row ot actuators representing all ot thecandidates Vfor one otlice, vote tabulating nieehanisn'i, and means forlocking the remainder ot the actuators against ii'iovement when anypredetermined number ot actuators less than the whole are actuatedsingly in succession, a movable actuator-operated stop, a stationarystop, a spring tor resetting the movable stop, a detent .For saidmovable stop, and a platform tor disconnecting said detent trom said mofable stop.

Q3. ln a voting machine, a row ot actuators representing all ot thecandidates tor one ottice, vote tal'mlating mechanism, means tor lockingthe remainder oi thx actuators against movement when any iu'edeterminednumber ot' actuators less than the whole are actuated singly insuccession, mechanism for resetting' said actuators, und a platform onwhich the voter stands to vote, said plat` 'torni controlling saidresetting mechanism and said locking means.

241s. In a voting machine. a row of actuators representing all ot thecandidates 'l'or one o'tlice, vote tabulating mechanism,means :torlocking the remainder of the actuators against movement when anypredetermined number of actuators less than the whole are actuatedsingly in succession, spring actuated mechanism for resetting saidactuators, spring actuated mechanism itor resetting said locking means,and a platform on which the voter stands to vote, for controlling bothof said resetting mechanisms.

25,. A voting machine comprising a asing, a plurality of actuatorsarranged in rows, a plurality ot vote tabnlators arranged in similarrows, a detachable independently removable trame for each row of votetabulators, and indcl'iendent mechanism carried by each removable tramefor locking the remainder ot the vote tabulators therein when anypredetermined number, less than the whole, in the row have beenactuated.

2li. .i voting` machine comprising a casing, a plurality ot actuatorsarranged in rows. a plurality ot vote tabulators are ranged in similarrows, a 'trame tor each row ot' vote talmtators, independent mechanismcarried by each removable trame for locking the remainder of the votetabulators therein when any predetermined number, less than the whole,in the row, have been actuated, said mechanism including an actu row ofvote tabulators, independent mechanism carried by each removable framefor locking the remainder of the vote-tabulators therein When anypredetermined number 4 less than the Whole, in the row, have beenactuated, said mechanism including an actuator-operated shaft carrying astop, a stationary stop, a platform on Which the voter stands to vote,and mechanism controlled by said platform for resetting said shaftssimultaneously.

28. A voting machine comprising` a roW of actuators, a roW of votetabulators, each tabulator including a reciprocatory member, andmechanism for locking the remainder of the tabulators in the rovv Whenany predetermined number less than the Whole have been actuated, saidmechanism comprising a movable stop, a stationary stop, and a devicecarried by each reciprocatory member of the tabulators for imparting amovement to said movable stop.

29. A voting machine comprising a casing having a rovv ofactuatorsextending through its front Wall, vote tabulating mechanism in saidcasing in operative relation to said actuators, means for obstructingany one or more of the actuators, and mechanism for locking theremainder of the actuators in said roW against actuation after anypredetermined number of unobstructed actuators have been actuated.

30. A voting machine comprising a casing having a row of actuatorsextending through its front Wall, vote tabulating mechanism in saidcasing in operative relation to said actuators, means located betweenthe actuators and the tabulating mechanism for obstructing anypredetermined number of the actuators, and mechanism located between theobstructing devices and the tabulating mechanism for locking theremainder of the actuators in the row against actuation after anypredetermined number of unobstructed actuators have been actuated.

31. A voting machine having vote tabulating mechanism, a platform forcontrolling the vote tabulating mechanism and rendering it inaccessibleexcept when a voter is thereon, said platform having a link connectedwith said mechanism, a register, a bracket supporting said register, anda yoke on said link having a paWl to operate said register.

In testimony whereof I have aiixed my signature, in presence of tivoWitnesses.

JOHN MGTAMMANY.

Vitnesses:

MARCUS B. MAY, H. L. Romains.

